A soldier wanders through a vast building, asking people for hot water and eventually meets Vladimir Lenin, who invites him to a grand, empty hall.

As they enter, Lenin suddenly transforms into a terrifying creature with wings (resembling a werewolf, triggered by a full moon) and devours the soldier.

Viktor Palych, head of a major illegal film-copying operation, bribes the event’s organizer, Eduard Rykov, to acquire the tapes for piracy.

Max and his friend Sania are tasked with delivering them, but after a series of chaotic events, they accidentally destroy the tapes in a car explosion.

On the festival day, these improvised "copies" fail to impress, but Max's amateur film, The Leader’s Secret, unexpectedly wins the grand prize.